On Baseball, Knitting and Time Well Spent

Source: thinkbluepc.com --- Monday, January 01, 2018
The 2017 season for the Los Angeles Dodgers will long be remembered for so many reasons. I personally have a concrete remembrance of every single game—I turned the whole season into a scarf. I realize that not everyone is into knitting, or may think this is a silly endeavor, but to have a concrete piece of evidence for all the time spent watching and cheering and moaning over the season, I think it’s well worth the time. The idea is not mine, but one I had been thinking about the last few seasons. Something always stopped me from making it, but this year seemed different. At the beginning of the season, it felt like this year would be special. The basis for the scarf is this—every two rows represents a game. Blue is for home wins, red for home losses, white for away wins, and grey for away losses. I highlighted a few milestones, such as Kershaw’s 2000th strikeout in June, a game I attended in Arizona, when they won the division, and reached their 100th win. Each month is delineated by a red and white multi yarn. The All-Star break is denoted by alternation red, white and blue stripes. Each round is 66 stitches, in honor of Puig. He ended up having a great year—I’m sure this had something to do with it! The season started out slow, 4-4. I remember being worried that they wouldn’t have a good season after all, after all the hype. I was, happily, wrong. After the month of April, still more grey and red than I would like, but a nice ...

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